The main opposition party took nine other states, mostly in the oil heartlands of the Niger Delta in the south and the staunchly anti-Buhari southeast.
BUJA - Nigeria’s ruling party took a close lead in elections for powerful state governors on Tuesday, although the final results hang in the balance as seven races were declared inconclusive or suspended.
The electoral commission has declared elections in six other states inconclusive, mostly because the leading candidate’s margin of victory was less than the number of votes cancelled. In five of those races, the PDP was ahead. On Monday, a European Union observer mission said Nigeria’s elections need serious reform, after being marred by violence, systemic failings and low turnout.
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